pau

See also: Pau

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pau (plural paus)

  1. Alternative form of pa (Maori fort)

Etymology 2

Adjective

pau (not comparable)

  1. (Hawaii) done; over; finished
    • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)
      I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]
    • 2004, Mike Ashman, ‎Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s
      When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]

Etymology 3

Noun

pau

  1. (historical) A unit of capacity used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin pāc-, stem of pāx.

Noun

pau f (plural paus)

  1. peace
Derived terms
  • fer les paus (“to end a quarrel”)

Etymology 2

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

  1. spotted dragonet (a fish of the species Callionymus maculatus)
Synonyms
  • aferrapedres m, aferra-roques m

Etymology 3

Uncertain origin. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).

Adjective

pau (feminine pava, masculine plural paus, feminine plural paves)

  1. credulous; gullable; rustic

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

  1. fool; rube

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ- (“attach”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaw/

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

  1. stick
  2. wood (material)
    • 1700, Domingo Blanco (ed.),A Poesía popular en Galicia. Vigo: Serais, p. 124:
      Santo San Bras de Viana feito de pau de amieiro
      Saint Saint [sic] Blaise of Viana, carved in alder wood

References

  • “pau” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “pao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “pau” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hawaiian

Verb

pau

  1. (stative) finished, done
  2. (stative) destroyed

Limos Kalinga

Noun

pau

  1. mango

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Spanish palo, English pole.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpaw/
  • Hyphenation: pau
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

pau m (plural paus)

  1. stick
  2. wood
  3. (slang, vulgar) penis, dick, cock, prick
    Ele sorriu quando coloquei minha mão entre suas coxas e comecei a esfregar seu pau grande.
    He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big dick.

Derived terms

Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

pau f (plural peuoedd)

  1. (archaic) land, nation

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
pau bau mhau phau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Noun

pau c (plural pauwen, diminutive pauke)

  1. peacock
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